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US 2018/0176643 A1Published application
Television channel display device and method thereof
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
InventorsMarc Sullivan, Gregory Edwards, Joan Pearl
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Abstract
An Internet Protocol television system includes a set-top box that receives requests to display video streams being transmitted to a household. In response to the request, the set-top box provides a list of the video streams to a display device. The list includes options to terminate transmission of one or more of the streams. This allows a user to determine which video streams should be transmitted when bandwidth limitations are reached.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- receiving a plurality of video streams, wherein the plurality of video streams do not exceed a predetermined bandwidth limitation;
- providing a plurality of devices access to the plurality of video streams;
- receiving a content request that requires an additional video stream;
- determining that fulfilling the content request would result in exceeding the bandwidth limitation;
- providing a listing of the plurality of video streams to a device of the plurality of devices for display at the device, responsive to the determining that fulfilling the content request would result in exceeding the bandwidth limitation, wherein a user interface associated with the display at the device enables termination of a selected one of the plurality of video streams;
- receiving a request to terminate the selected one of the plurality of video streams, wherein the request originates from an input at the user interface associated with the device, and wherein termination of the selected one of the plurality of video streams is conditioned upon authenticating security information associated with the device;
- and
- transmitting a message to the device indicating that the selected one of the plurality of video streams is to be terminated.
8 more elements
A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- receiving a plurality of video streams, wherein the plurality of video streams do not exceed a predetermined bandwidth limitation;
- providing a plurality of devices access to the plurality of video streams;
- receiving a content request that requires an additional video stream;
- determining that fulfilling the content request would result in exceeding the bandwidth limitation;
- providing a listing of the plurality of video streams to a device of the plurality of devices for display at the device, responsive to the determining that fulfilling the content request would result in exceeding the bandwidth limitation, wherein a graphical user interface associated with the display at the device enables termination of a selected one of the plurality of video streams;
- receiving a request to terminate the selected one of the plurality of video streams, wherein the request originates from an input at the user interface associated with the device, and wherein termination of the selected one of the plurality of video streams is conditioned upon authenticating security information associated with the device;
- and
- transmitting a message to the device indicating that the selected one of the plurality of video streams is to be terminated.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor of a media device, a plurality of video streams, wherein the plurality of video streams do not exceed a predetermined bandwidth limitation;
- providing, by the processing system, a plurality of devices access to the plurality of video streams;
- receiving, by the processing system, a content request that requires an additional video stream;
- determining, by the processing system, that fulfilling the content request would result in exceeding the bandwidth limitation;
- providing, by the processing system, a listing of the plurality of video streams to a device of the plurality of devices for display at the device, responsive to the determining that fulfilling the content request would result in exceeding the bandwidth limitation, wherein a user interface associated with the display at the device enables termination of a selected one of the plurality of video streams;
- receiving, by the processing system, a request to terminate the selected one of the plurality of video streams, wherein the request originates from an input at the user interface associated with the device;
- and
- transmitting, by the processing system, a message to the device indicating that the selected one of the plurality of video streams is to be terminated.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.